Three-day Arena and Grounds Ticket Packages for the
63rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival go on sale Wednesday, April 1.
Tickets can be purchased online at montereyjazzfestival.org or by calling 888.248.6499. Single-day Arena and daily Grounds tickets go on sale April 10.

The Festival will feature over 100 performances from iconic and emerging
jazz artists, educational events, conversations, films, and exhibits on
seven stages, for 30 hours of live music spanning two days and three
nights, accompanied by an array of 75 vendors selling international
cuisine and merchandise on the oak-studded 20 acres of the Monterey
County Fair & Event Center.

Miho Hazama
will act as the MJF63 Commission Artist. The Tokyo-born Hazama, lauded
in DownBeat as one of "25 for the Future," is a 2015 recipient of the
BMI Charlie Parker
Composition Prize, and will debut the MJF63 Commission piece with her
signature ensemble m_unit. Miho has written for and showcased such guest
artists as Joshua Redman, Lionel Loueke, Stefon Harris, and Gil
Goldstein, to name a few. She has received the Jazz JAPAN rising star
award, and has been featured in DownBeat, New York Times, NPR, and
JazzTimes, among others.

Full Weekend
Arena Ticket Packages offer a reserved seat to each of the five
concerts on the Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena (renewable annually)
plus, access to the seven additional Grounds Stages, and all Festival
activities. Full Weekend Arena Ticket Packages begin at $355.

New for 2020 are Arena Lawn Tickets, which includes access to the lawn
section of the Arena, providing access to all five arena shows on the
Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage AND access to the other six Grounds stages
located throughout the Fairgrounds. Full weekend Arena Lawn Tickets are
$285.

Monterey Jazz Festival canceled for 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

Organizers set dates for 2021 festival

It’s the first time in the event’s 60-plus years of existence that
the festival has been canceled or, as organizers are labeling it,
postponed until next year. Call it what you want. The result is the
same: Jazz fans won’t be spending the weekend at the Monterey County
Fairgrounds in 2020.

The news is not unexpected, given the continued statewide
restrictions on large gatherings, such as concerts, sporting events and
festivals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it still doesn’t make it any
easier to hear.

“(The year) 2020 is my 30th year as part of the Monterey Jazz
Festival family and I am deeply saddened to come to the realization that
this year’s festival is not be,” says Tim Jackson, the festival’s
artistic director. “We must recognize our current world situation and
put the health and safety of our artists, patrons, staff and volunteers
first.”

Colleen Bailey, the festival’s executive director, underscores that this was the right decision to make.

“We think of our artists, patrons and volunteers as a part of our MJF
family,” Bailey says. “We make this difficult choice as a way of
protecting those we hold dear. But while we eagerly await the chance to
be with you again and enjoy the moments that can only be experienced as a
community, we promise that we will use this time productively to
develop new ideas that will bring the festival back next year.”

The festival, which was originally set for Sept. 25-27, had an
incredible lineup of talent, including Herbie Hancock, Buddy Guy, Terri
Lyne Carrington, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman, Miho Hazama, Brad Mehldau,
Christian McBride, Lila Downs, Brian Blade and George Benson.

“I am extremely proud of the artistic programming that was planned
for this year,” Jackson says. “It would have been exciting, diverse and
fun, with both forward motion and respect for legacy and history, which
is a Monterey tradition. It is my hope to present the majority of our
2020 artists next year. Meanwhile, we will be working diligently to
bring you exciting new programs and content virtually over the following
months, while we build for next year’s festival, scheduled for Sept.
24-26, 2021.”

Those who bought tickets for the 2020 festival have three options:
Donate the value of their tickets to the festival; transfer tickets to
next year’s festival; or request a full refund by July 17.

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